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latinos, as you well know and as your statistics are pointed out, in the demographics game, latinos one of the fastest growing demographic in the country, so -- and especially among the young, so, of course, if you are a politician, this is a group you want to capture. yet, the actual amount of power and clout is not commensurate with those actual numbers, so i think that that's some of the frustration that we see among the latino population. on the one hand, very visible. large population. everybody wants to talk to them, but sometimes they feel like they're being left out of the power game and that people only come and court them every four years. they don't actually want their voice in politics. >> do they appreciate just how powerful they are this go-round? do you think they realize that they could determine who the next president is? >> it's a big if, right? that's if a large number vote. if a large number have registered. if you turn out to the polls. sure. that's going to be key. i do think there's a sense that latinos, if, in fact, they leverage all their powers in numbers, they
latinos, as you well know and as your statistics are pointed out, in the demographics game, latinos one of the fastest growing demographic in the country, so -- and especially among the young, so, of course, if you are a politician, this is a group you want to capture. yet, the actual amount of power and clout is not commensurate with those actual numbers, so i think that that's some of the frustration that we see among the latino population. on the one hand, very visible. large population....
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the latino vote. also worse than george w. bush in 2004 who got 44% of the latino. anna, to you. is there anything at this point that romney can do to get the latino support up? >> well, suzanne, i think praying on novina might help. look, he -- we had a tough primary on the republican side. i think mitt romney has been an unknown commodity to his hispani hispanics. he doesn't come from a border state like john mccain or george w. bush did. he has not done a great intense voter outreach with the latinos because he ran out of money after the primary. he -- let me just be absolutely truthful and give smu straight talk as john mccain would say. mitt romney dug himself into a hole with latinos during the primary. he said some things that are coming back to haunt him. he now needs to find a way to dig himself out of that hole. i think the only way he will do it is if he really continues the intense activity outreach with latinos, speaks to latinos a directly as he can and as often as he can between now and november 6th. he has to regain trust. >> all right. >> we have to leave it ther
the latino vote. also worse than george w. bush in 2004 who got 44% of the latino. anna, to you. is there anything at this point that romney can do to get the latino support up? >> well, suzanne, i think praying on novina might help. look, he -- we had a tough primary on the republican side. i think mitt romney has been an unknown commodity to his hispani hispanics. he doesn't come from a border state like john mccain or george w. bush did. he has not done a great intense voter outreach...
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he's turned his back on latino voters. it's very difficult to appeal to a very large and influential segment of our population when you've already said things that turn most of them off. so i would tell mitt romney, well you know what? bye-bye. how do you say that in spanish. >> adios. >> he's going to keep on trying or he's going lose. >> we're running out of time. i got to say bye-bye, adios to both of you. we'll bring you back. presidential candidates may not win election with good debate performances but a bad one of course can destroy it. the good, the bad, the ugly from a half century worth of debates up next. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be reh
he's turned his back on latino voters. it's very difficult to appeal to a very large and influential segment of our population when you've already said things that turn most of them off. so i would tell mitt romney, well you know what? bye-bye. how do you say that in spanish. >> adios. >> he's going to keep on trying or he's going lose. >> we're running out of time. i got to say bye-bye, adios to both of you. we'll bring you back. presidential candidates may not win election...
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this is the latest cnn orc poll of latino voters. president obama, the clear favorite over mitt romney, leading 70% to 26%. you can fairly say that's not even close and it is well outside the margin of error and that's critical because you know there is a saying that there is power in numbers. at least 12.2 million people expected to show up at the polls on election day. but that's barely half of latinos who are eligible to vote. and it could come down to location, location, location. the hispanic vote could be the deciding factor in several states, including the swing state of nevada. which is where miguel marquez takes us in the battle to win their vote. >> reporter: it might sound like mexico. but this is the fight for the white house. welcome to washo county, nevada, the front line in this battleground state. washo county's 250,000 voters are expected to decide whether the nevada goes blue or red. and latinos, about 30,000 votes here, could make the critical difference in a race that could come down to a few thousand votes. here'
this is the latest cnn orc poll of latino voters. president obama, the clear favorite over mitt romney, leading 70% to 26%. you can fairly say that's not even close and it is well outside the margin of error and that's critical because you know there is a saying that there is power in numbers. at least 12.2 million people expected to show up at the polls on election day. but that's barely half of latinos who are eligible to vote. and it could come down to location, location, location. the...
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listen, make no mistake, there is a rapidly increasing latino vote on the line for both of these men and that was not lost on mr. tom foreman, my colleague here at cnn, who has some of the best bells and whistles to cut through all the garbage and get through all the rhetoric and get right to the facts. so have a look and have a listen. >> republicans have been going after president obama for months saying he has not engaged the issue of illegal immigration. listen to how mitt romney attacked him and how the president responded. >> why did he fail to even promote legislation that would have provided an answer for those that want to come here legally and for those that are here illegally today? >> we put more border patrol on than any time in history and the flow of undocumented workers across the border is actually lower than it's been in 40 years. >> this basic claim that president obama produced no immigration reform goes hand in glove with a bigger republican narrative which is that the president has been so concerned about getting latino votes, he hasn't wanted to secure the bord
listen, make no mistake, there is a rapidly increasing latino vote on the line for both of these men and that was not lost on mr. tom foreman, my colleague here at cnn, who has some of the best bells and whistles to cut through all the garbage and get through all the rhetoric and get right to the facts. so have a look and have a listen. >> republicans have been going after president obama for months saying he has not engaged the issue of illegal immigration. listen to how mitt romney...
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. >> let's take a look at another state, and that's nevada, obama is leading, is this the latino vote factor that we have heard so much about? >> the president's going to win latinos outside of florida by a pretty healthy margin, the question is by how much, the other question we're going to need to answer and we won't know until after election. is the president's supporters going to show up to vote? they could be boosting him in nevada, but the other thing going on in nevada on the ground, which is unlike all of the other battleground states is the democrats have managed to -- the romney campaign and the government of the i'm in -- make up for the state party's dysfunction. the democrat had no such problem. the obama campaign and the state party run by senate majority leader harry reid is humming on all cylinders, they're doing a great job. i still think the presidential race in nevada would be close. >> we know tomorrow foreign policy is supposed to be the focus of this debate. and president obama will probably do well with that, that is traditionally your president. but i'm wonderi
. >> let's take a look at another state, and that's nevada, obama is leading, is this the latino vote factor that we have heard so much about? >> the president's going to win latinos outside of florida by a pretty healthy margin, the question is by how much, the other question we're going to need to answer and we won't know until after election. is the president's supporters going to show up to vote? they could be boosting him in nevada, but the other thing going on in nevada on the...
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>> we saw that on both sides, whether latinos who are democrats or latinos who were republicans or folks trying to figure out where they belong. they're frustrated. they feel like the democrats have broken promises. they feel like the republicans have harsh rhetoric on immigration and even though polling shows that latinos are more likely to align themselves with democrats, there is a lot of frustrations certainly on both sides. >> soledad o'brien, we will be watching. thank you for joining me. i just tweeted it out. watch the documentary, it comes up this sunday 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. eastern. soledad, thank you very much. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. monarch of marketing analysis. with the ability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. >>> second chances. you believe in them? we all do, right? at l
>> we saw that on both sides, whether latinos who are democrats or latinos who were republicans or folks trying to figure out where they belong. they're frustrated. they feel like the democrats have broken promises. they feel like the republicans have harsh rhetoric on immigration and even though polling shows that latinos are more likely to align themselves with democrats, there is a lot of frustrations certainly on both sides. >> soledad o'brien, we will be watching. thank you for...
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the law's been sharply criticized by the latino community especially in arizona and the fact that the court has decided to hear it is a bit of a surprise. but the court is not going to decide this until next year and we know that this law is not going to be in effect for the upcoming election this november. >> all right. thanks for clearing all of that up. breaking news out of the supreme court. >>> months of speeches, rallies, promises, political ads and yet a lot of your friends and neighbors out there still don't know what they're going to do on election day. they are the magical undecided. find out what it is they want, what they expect to hear tonight, and whether this second presidential debate's going to make any difference to them at all.ill ubbed . [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! thanks. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern
the law's been sharply criticized by the latino community especially in arizona and the fact that the court has decided to hear it is a bit of a surprise. but the court is not going to decide this until next year and we know that this law is not going to be in effect for the upcoming election this november. >> all right. thanks for clearing all of that up. breaking news out of the supreme court. >>> months of speeches, rallies, promises, political ads and yet a lot of your...
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my new documentary "latino in america: courting their vote" sunday 8:00 pm eastern and airs again at 11:00 pm eastern. "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. have a great weekend. hello, carol. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. breaking news on the economy. new jobless numbers are in. guess what? the unemployment rate is now below 8%. so let's had head straight back to new york. christine romans is there to break these numbers down for us. good morning, christine. >> good morning, carol. 7.8% is the unemployment rate now, fell from 8.1%. and 114,000 jobs were created in the month. carol, there's another number here, 86,000. that's how many jobs were add in july and august that government auditor didn't notice in the beginning. they revised their numbers. actually, july, august were stronger than expected to the tune of 86,000. 7.8% unemployment rate. what does that mean? the best since january 2009. when we dig within these numbers, carol, we can also see that some 418,000 people entered the workforce in the month. they are feeling a little more confident abo
my new documentary "latino in america: courting their vote" sunday 8:00 pm eastern and airs again at 11:00 pm eastern. "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. have a great weekend. hello, carol. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. breaking news on the economy. new jobless numbers are in. guess what? the unemployment rate is now below 8%. so let's had head straight back to new york. christine romans is there to break these numbers down for us....
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is that something that latinas are thrilled about -- latinos are thrilled about? >> rate. no, because mitt romney has said that he opposes the dream act. he is rolling a lot of that back where we're sort of becoming acquainted with the new, kinder and gentler mitt romney. in the new version of mitt romney, he likes the idea of people who serve in the military being able to get a path to legal citizenship. he hasn't crossed that over to make it about students yet. i don't know if he will ethwe'll or not, but, you're right, in terms of the dream act, you have a president who says that he supports it, but did nothing to pass it, and you have a challenger who says he owes poses it. great choice. >> ruben, when you say the new mitt romney, critics will say that's not the new -- that's a euphemism for the flip-flopping mitt romney. >> right. >> at the same time he hasn't supported the dream act. he said we need a wholesale new immigration policy, but then we don't get the details. it's a little like trust me, and i'll let you know when i'm elected what it's going to look like, a
is that something that latinas are thrilled about -- latinos are thrilled about? >> rate. no, because mitt romney has said that he opposes the dream act. he is rolling a lot of that back where we're sort of becoming acquainted with the new, kinder and gentler mitt romney. in the new version of mitt romney, he likes the idea of people who serve in the military being able to get a path to legal citizenship. he hasn't crossed that over to make it about students yet. i don't know if he will...
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. >> to hear of us saying some of us latinos got in here easily and the only reason we got in here is because of our race, that's disappointing. we worked just as hard as anyone else did to get here to u.t. >> reporter: conservative groups siding with fisher says it's not just about getting in. studies show that using racial preferences can hurt minorities by starting them out near the bottom of their classes. >> if they're toward the bottom of whatever class they go to, they are much more likely to give up on an ambition to major in science and engineering. >> very interesting. there he is, swroe johns outside the supreme court. good morning to you, joe. how do you see this case playing out among the justices? >> reporter: well, don, we're going to find out in just about an hour. it's a vastly different court from nine years ago when sandra day o'connor wrote a majority opinion in a very similar case. of course, she's no longer on the court. there's also a possibility of a 4-4 tie. justice elena kagan is reaccusing herself due to the fact that she sort of handled some of these circum
. >> to hear of us saying some of us latinos got in here easily and the only reason we got in here is because of our race, that's disappointing. we worked just as hard as anyone else did to get here to u.t. >> reporter: conservative groups siding with fisher says it's not just about getting in. studies show that using racial preferences can hurt minorities by starting them out near the bottom of their classes. >> if they're toward the bottom of whatever class they go to, they...
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look, the obama campaign is surviving now based on their hold on african-american voters, latinos and women, particularly suburban, college educated women. you talked about with gloria that gallup poll that the obama campaign attacked calling it an outliar, saying there is no way that obama and romney are tied among women voters. if that is true, though, and if that holds, if it is not an outlie, the obama campaign has a right to be terrified. that would mean obama was going to lose. if women voter s -- it place imperative to talk about issues important to women, reproductive rights, contraception, education, child care. obama will try to force those things into the conversation to maintain his hold on women voters, brooke. >> what about this? this is another point you both make. we talk about the october surprise. you're talking with regard to the debate tonight as the wild card. watch out for the wild card. what do you mean by that? >> well, tonight, you know, the format is different. you talked about it. there is 80 undecided voters from nassau county here in the room, coming up wi
look, the obama campaign is surviving now based on their hold on african-american voters, latinos and women, particularly suburban, college educated women. you talked about with gloria that gallup poll that the obama campaign attacked calling it an outliar, saying there is no way that obama and romney are tied among women voters. if that is true, though, and if that holds, if it is not an outlie, the obama campaign has a right to be terrified. that would mean obama was going to lose. if women...
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. >> reporter: latinos, business owners and residents ready to deliver crucial nine electoral vote votes. they could decide who takes the white house. now colorado's interesting. there are more unaffiliated or independent voters eier republic republicans or democrats. the president coming back to colorado springs, conservative territory, tbe here tuesday. i've been here several times now. it's going to come down to which campaign is the best organized on the ground. carol? >> miguel marquez reporting live for us this morning. our talk back question, why don't more white voters support president obama? your responses, next. >>> talk back question this morning. why don't more white voters support president obama. that's the bitter underlying truth. most of the right wing tea partiers cannot bear seeing a black president. why don't more black asian-americans support mitt romney. this o from camille? this country can't get away from rich middle aged white men, that's why. i always said this presidential race was based on the hatred of obama becauseblack. this is from johnny. this is not abou
. >> reporter: latinos, business owners and residents ready to deliver crucial nine electoral vote votes. they could decide who takes the white house. now colorado's interesting. there are more unaffiliated or independent voters eier republic republicans or democrats. the president coming back to colorado springs, conservative territory, tbe here tuesday. i've been here several times now. it's going to come down to which campaign is the best organized on the ground. carol? >> miguel...
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the latest project of ken burns, whose daughter is co-director, telling the story of five black and latino teenagers. they were convicted of raining and brutally beelting a white female jogger in new york's central park in 1989. >> it was a huge media story. there was a lot of coverage, but everything got it wrong at that time. >> the five teenagers confessed to the crime after what they said was an unfair interrogation. they were charged even though none was a match for a dna sample found a tmple found at t. turns out it belonged to this man. >> he commits at least five more ra rapes that we know of after. >> the serial rapist did not confess until after the five teens served sentences ranging for 7 to 11 years. a judge threw out the convictions. >> the verdicts have been set aside in their entirety. >> a victory for the five men usef was one of them. >> after being exonerated it's like somebody running through free through the grass and throwing their hands up yelling. it's such a -- the feeling is of overjoy and happiness. >> harder to overturn was public perception. the case inflamed r
the latest project of ken burns, whose daughter is co-director, telling the story of five black and latino teenagers. they were convicted of raining and brutally beelting a white female jogger in new york's central park in 1989. >> it was a huge media story. there was a lot of coverage, but everything got it wrong at that time. >> the five teenagers confessed to the crime after what they said was an unfair interrogation. they were charged even though none was a match for a dna...
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we are here and we need to be incorporated and we are not invisible anymore and he invites latinos to be part of him and thinks administration and i think he should stay the president of today and the future. i really like president obama. >> skip, you have been undecided although you are a registered republican. the bay nets and horses thing, did that resonate for you? >> well, i think that they have both now evened their score snarkiness. i mentioned in a previous interview that governor romney edged in a little bit on the snarky side, and i think in this case so also did president obama. i think the fact of the matter is that the ability of our weaponry on the scene, the air, any other place, it is so far improved over what it used to be even ten years ago, that small numbers don't mean much. it is just we're so capable at this point of destruction and mayhem that a few ships can do today what 1,000 ships can do 15 years ago. >> okay. so you have been undecided through this long election season, 14 days to go, skip. have you decided? >> i am kind of moving now in a direction. i do
we are here and we need to be incorporated and we are not invisible anymore and he invites latinos to be part of him and thinks administration and i think he should stay the president of today and the future. i really like president obama. >> skip, you have been undecided although you are a registered republican. the bay nets and horses thing, did that resonate for you? >> well, i think that they have both now evened their score snarkiness. i mentioned in a previous interview that...
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you have to remember, he also talked about if i was perhaps latino, it would be easier for me, i would be winning this thing already. he said a bunch of other things in that video that this is going to undermine his ability to really attack the president on domestic policies and seen as believable. because we saw mitt romney talking in private about how he really feels. so what he says on stage is going to sound hollow because we saw him behind the scenes. and that's his greatest obstacle about the whole video. it's not about the numbers and trying to break it down, it's the sentiment behind the entire video which was condescending, which came from a place of elitism. >> okay. he just misspoke. >> no, i think, carol, he makes a good point. that's going to be very difficult for romney to readdress that 47%. on the flip side, this will be the first time someone can really go after president obama over the administration's handling of what went down in libya and their explanation it was a spontaneous attack. this is the first time that somebody can really push directly on president obama
you have to remember, he also talked about if i was perhaps latino, it would be easier for me, i would be winning this thing already. he said a bunch of other things in that video that this is going to undermine his ability to really attack the president on domestic policies and seen as believable. because we saw mitt romney talking in private about how he really feels. so what he says on stage is going to sound hollow because we saw him behind the scenes. and that's his greatest obstacle about...
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he said if i am re-elected he said the latino vote will be critical. i don't think that's a surprise, but normally you don't hear a presidential candidacy i'm going to be re-elected because i'm going to do really well among latinos. >> i guess it was advisable that the campaign changed their mind and switch up a bit because the romney campaign was attacking him for being secretive and -- >> right. >> and not being open. >> what does he have to hide? why can't he talk to this newspaper publicly? there must be something he is embarrassed about. you know, all these allegations were coming forward, and in the end the campaign said, okay, it's all on the record. go ahead and release the transcript. which they've done, and which i've now read. there is some good stuff in there. >> all right. it is some good stuff. we'll be reading it further. thanks, wolf. good to see you, as always wrrn. >> thank you, suzanne. >> sure. now one journalist has talked to the libyan guards who were on duty that night. their chilling accounts of what actuallyr happened. oke with
he said if i am re-elected he said the latino vote will be critical. i don't think that's a surprise, but normally you don't hear a presidential candidacy i'm going to be re-elected because i'm going to do really well among latinos. >> i guess it was advisable that the campaign changed their mind and switch up a bit because the romney campaign was attacking him for being secretive and -- >> right. >> and not being open. >> what does he have to hide? why can't he talk to...
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think about the timing, less than a month until elections, it could potentially help boost any sort of latino voter turnout for the president. at the same time, we are also potentially anticipating the president to react to the blistering comments from mitt romney earlier today when he spoke at vmi, about a 20-minute in length speech on foreign policy. will the president respond? we'll be listening, dip in and take some of that live as soon as we see the president in keen, california. but from president obama to his challenger, as i mentioned, today, laying out his foreign policy plans. the thing is, they actually don't sound dramatically different from that of president obama, except for one major detail. that's next. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicken... and a creamy broth mmm i can still see you. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with le
think about the timing, less than a month until elections, it could potentially help boost any sort of latino voter turnout for the president. at the same time, we are also potentially anticipating the president to react to the blistering comments from mitt romney earlier today when he spoke at vmi, about a 20-minute in length speech on foreign policy. will the president respond? we'll be listening, dip in and take some of that live as soon as we see the president in keen, california. but from...
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. >> latinos, business owners and newer residents ready to deliver colorado's crucial electoral votes, they could decide who takes the white house. >> reporter: now, one interesting thing about colorado is there's more unaffiliated or independent voters here than there are democrats or republicans. the president comes back to colorado, this is his 12th trip this year to the state. he's going to be colorado springs, that's conservative country. so both campaigns trying to get the vote out here. >> miguel marquez, thank you very much. >>> coming up next, the "b" swing state getting bombarded by election ads, the state of ohio. plus the top romney . >>> in the first half of october, the obama campaign received $90 million in donations. impressive, but romney did better. from october 1 through october 17, $112 million were brought in. this is according to his campaign. and they also say of that money, 92% was donations of $250 or less. plus the campaign has $169 million in cash on hand. no doubt some of that money will be going to the swing state of ohio. and let's go there to martin sava
. >> latinos, business owners and newer residents ready to deliver colorado's crucial electoral votes, they could decide who takes the white house. >> reporter: now, one interesting thing about colorado is there's more unaffiliated or independent voters here than there are democrats or republicans. the president comes back to colorado, this is his 12th trip this year to the state. he's going to be colorado springs, that's conservative country. so both campaigns trying to get the...